2021 MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Schedule
 
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 - Quarterfinals
Game 1: No. 1 Toledo vs. No. 8 Ball State, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
Game 2: No. 4 Kent State vs. No. 5 Ohio, Time TBA* (ESPN+)
Game 3: No. 2 Buffalo vs. No. 7 Miami, Time TBA* (ESPN+)
Game 4: No. 3 Akron vs. No. 6 Bowling Green, Time TBA* (ESPN+)
 
Friday, March 12th, 2021 - Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 5 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, Time TBA* (CBS Sports Network)
 
Saturday, March 13th, 2021 - MAC Championship
Game 7: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
 
*Minimum 30 minutes between completion of prior game in the session

Quick Bracket Notes

• Once the tournament bracket is released, teams participating in the tournament are final.
   
• After the bracket is released, should a team be unable to move forward to the Conference tournament and notifies the conference office no later than 48 hours prior to the first game of the tournament (Monday, March 8^th at 11am for Women’s Teams / Tuesday, March 9^th at 11am for Men’s Teams) that team will be removed from the bracket and remaining teams will be re-seeded to ensure that any byes are allocated to the top seed(s).  E.G., if the Women’s #5 seed opts out prior to 11am on March 8^th, #6 moves to #5, #7 moves to #6, and #8 moves to #7, the #1 seed receives a quarterfinal bye.
   
• After the 48-hour deadline has passed, if a team in the tournament bracket is unable to compete, their opponent will advance to the next round via the no-contest rule.  No re-seeding will occur.